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Pandemic has accelerated digital upskilling, but key groups still miss out: PwC Survey

Source | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Sreeradha Basu, ET Bureau

About 60% of respondents in a new PwC survey of 32,500 workers across 19 countries are worried that automation is putting many jobs at risk; 48% believe ‘traditional employment won’t be around in the future’ and 39% think it is likely that their job will be obsolete within 5 years, as the pandemic accelerates certain workforce trends.

On the bright side, 40% of workers in the survey: Hopes and Fears 2021 – say their digital skills have been improved through the prolonged period of lockdown, and claim they’ll continue to embrace training and skill development. 77% are ‘ready to learn new skills or completely re-train’ and 74% see training as a matter of personal responsibility. Around 80% are confident they can adapt to new technologies entering their workplace, with a large majority of those asked in India (69%) and in South Africa (66%) saying they are ‘very’ confident.

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